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Thomas Partey

Klaus

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
You guys think it's Guendouzi we've offered? Would've hoped his value was more than £23m.

Lacazette I would have assumed, but I'm not sure Atletico would be able/eager to match his wages.

MistaT

Seems odd, there's apparently £25m at least to spend. Find a short term loan (hello Stan) to raise another £25, and then sell one of Laca/Douzi/Torreira to anyone interested.

Gazza M

Meatwad wrote:
we should be able to get at least 25m for one of the players we want to offload.

sounds like bullshit anyway.

Romano has developed a pretty good rep in the last 2 years. There's something to it

Gunner89

[size=small][size=large]Arsenal's second bid for Thomas Partey rejected by Atlético Madrid[/size][/size]

[size=small]Atlético Madrid have rejected Arsenal’s latest offer for Thomas Partey and insisted they will not sell the Ghana midfielder for less than his €50m (£45.5m) release clause.[/size]

[size=small]Having first registered their interest in the 27-year-old in the spring, attempts to persuade Atlético to sell Partey for a cut-price fee have so far come to nothing despite the player having yet to sign a lucrative new contract.[/size]

[size=small]A bid of €25m plus a player was rejected a fortnight ago and it is understood Arsenal returned with a new offer of the same amount and out of favour midfielder Matteo Guendouzi . This was turned down by Atlético on Monday, with Arsenal having previously indicated they were unwilling to match Partey’s release clause.[/size]
[size=small]The Atlético manager, Diego Simeone, is desperate to keep Partey, who joined the club in 2013 and has two years to run on his current deal. Guendouzi has not played for Arsenal since the defeat against Brighton in June, with Mikel Arteta refusing to confirm the 21-year-old would be at the club next season.[/size]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/27/arsenals-second-bid-for-thomas-partey-rejected-by-atletico-madrid

QuincyAbeyie

So if we manage to sell Guendouzi for €25m then it's a matter of if Partey wants to come here or not I guess.

Meatwad

i guess since it's about meeting a buyout number we would have to come up with all the money upfront and if someone buys douzi for 35m or whatever it'll be paid in installments. that's the only bit of sense i can make out of trying to force a player swap in there when we would get better value separately on the open market.

Anzac

I don't see how we can offer him improved wages along with an improved deal for PEA if we only have around 30m and we don't move the likes of Ozil & Co off the wages. Even if we could it would likely leave us skint to do anything else, and I don't see Partey alone as solving our creativity issues, let alone getting us back into top4 or regaining UEL if the other contenders continue to improve. Seems like the same issues we had with the squad recruitment under the previous regime.

Asterix

His wages would be good at Atletico but maybe not really high. We will free up money from Mikhi at least apparently.

Anzac

Asterix wrote:
His wages would be good at Atletico but maybe not really high. We will free up money from Mikhi at least apparently.

Reports were when we made an initial approach we offered to treble his current wages, which would take him to over 150k. Also read that in the new contract from Atletico they are offering to double his current wages.

I guess I'm being a pessimist so I don't get disappointed after years of seeing transfer windows neglected.

Claudius

Meatwad wrote:
i guess since it's about meeting a buyout number we would have to come up with all the money upfront and if someone buys douzi for 35m or whatever it'll be paid in installments. that's the only bit of sense i can make out of trying to force a player swap in there when we would get better value separately on the open market.

Was thinking the same. This is probably what’s going to be at the heart of our business. Cash.

lorddulaarsenal

This is a game changer transfer. Probably one of a few players who could come in and instantly improve the balance within the side

Claudius

Come on Guendouzi. Annoying that we are only getting a £23m valuation on him. But I guess I wouldn’t even buy him at £10m after all his bullshit.

Clrnc

Claudius wrote:
Come on Guendouzi. Annoying that we are only getting a £23m valuation on him. But I guess I wouldn’t even buy him at £10m after all his bullshit.

I do miss Guendouzi's passion on the pitch. Can't deny that he cares. Pity he won't make up with Arteta

Gazza M

This does pretty much confirms guendo really is on the sale block. That kid really burned his bridges

HomeSteak

Gazza M wrote:
Romano has developed a pretty good rep in the last 2 years. There's something to it

Romano is the best journalist on transfers out there.

If his release clause is true, at 45 and we offered 25...you would think it will happen and we will get 20 more milion in the end.

speedy

Claudius wrote:
Come on Guendouzi. Annoying that we are only getting a £23m valuation on him. But I guess I wouldn’t even buy him at £10m after all his bullshit.

After ali came out saying he fell out with every manager in France aswell his stock will have plummeted. Who wants an expensive project with consistent attitude problems.

QuincyAbeyie

No idea who this is, but I'll allow it.

Clrnc

At least translate it for us ffs 😆

QuincyAbeyie

Oh 😆 In the app you can just press "translate tweet", but it looks like you have to press the tweet first. Just says we'll come back with a bid without any players involved.

Claudius

Sounds good. Partey gives us our first grown man midfield since the invincible era. Partey and Ceballos is actually a really good midfield 2. It allows us to start thinking about how to structure a front 4. Then you can actually call Norwich for a Buendia etc., and not have to spend another 50-60m on a top shelf playmaker.

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